Summary
Description
The AORN Journal provides professional perioperative registered nurses with evidence-based practice information needed to help meet the physiological, behavioral, safety, and health system needs of a diverse patient population.
You can find the full Aims and Scope here.
The Role
Associate Editors work closely with the Editor-in-Chief in helping to steer and manage the AORN Journal, playing an active role in journal development. The key responsibility as an Associate Editor will be managing the lifecycle of a paper through the peer review process. This includes:
- Identifying suitable peer reviewers, reviewing peer reviewers’ comments, acting as a reviewer when needed and providing feedback to authors, overseeing an effective, ethical and timely peer review process
- Making recommendation decisions of manuscripts that incorporate all necessary feedback from other editors and peer reviewers.
- Ensuring the quality and soundness of articles published in the journal, by considering their compliance with ethical standards of scientific research, the relevance of the articles to the journal’s aim and scope, and the accurate use of research methods
- Inviting appropriate contributions
- Promoting the journal within relevant networks
- Liaising with authors, reviewers, and the Editor-in-Chief to achieve these goals.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved in the development and management of an academic journal with a global profile.
There is an annual honorarium for the role.
What we Require
Ideal candidates will have a strong record of publication in journals of good standing and be recognized scholars in Perioperative Nursing & Healthcare and/or related fields. The candidate should be knowledgeable in biostatistics, statistical analysis, and research methodology.
Sufficient experience as a reviewer in refereed academic journals is required, and editorial experience as an Associate Editor is desirable. Experience writing, editing, and publishing scholarly articles, procedural documents, policies, posters or other evidence-based documents.
Applications should contain:
- an up-to-date CV/resume
- a vision statement including a short assessment of how you see the strengths and weaknesses of the journal, including your vision for its future development
To apply, please submit your application to jjackson@aorn.org.
The application deadline is 15th December 2025
This vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline if a high volume of applications is received. Early applications are therefore encouraged.
